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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lifestyle
Ellie Harrison

Baftas accused of being Covid super-spreader event and derailing forthcoming Oscars

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An apparent spread of Covid at the Baftas earlier this month has led to concerns that some of the Oscar nominees who were at the event will not make the Academy Awards on Sunday (28 March).

According to US reports, the talk at the Producers Guild of America nominees breakfast this weekend was largely dedicated to worries that the Baftas at London’s Royal Albert Hall on 13 March was a super-spreader event.

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